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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  

Fraud email example:

From: Shula Mbule <smbu100@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 2007 01:11:43 +0000
Subject: Good morning


Dear good morning , please this is very urgent , i want us to be good =
friends and real to know each other very well for an important discussion =
of moving funds outside Africa Worth's millions of united state dollars , =
all the original deposit documents that covers this money are with me =
now ,and i have been in contacts with the finance company where this money =
was lodged by my father who is now late .

Dear please help me , i don't want my father relations to trace this money =
and seize it .they have called me many times asking me if i my father tell me =
any secret about his money in any Bank or in any country, of which i denied =
he don't tell me any thing , and i am sure they are among the plans that =
poison my father to death. all will jugde by God .

You know its very hard now to give trust to someone unknown before, So i =
would love it best if it will be possible for you to visit me here in Africa =
and we move together to the finance company and transferring all the money =
to your country and both of us will move to your country .
Please i want you to plan to come and you see all the original of the =
deposit documents with me and for you to trust me too,
I promise for good relationship with you in your country and i will give you =
enough money from this money , and you will take me as your brother and set =
the rest money into investments you know in your country .

Please i will stop here and be waiting to hear from you .

Thanks from
Shula Mbule.

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